Potions- Lesson One

James reached for his wand, as the final step consisted of waving it over his cauldron. He pointed it at the potion and performed a long swish. Suddenly, a small lighting bolt burst out of its extremity and hit the surface of the liquid, immediately disappearing afterwards. Although he knew this would happen, James was still a bit startled by it. He quickly glanced at the swirling brew to verify that everything seemed in order, and then selected a crystal phial from his set. Taking his ladle, he slowly poured the mixture into it, until the recipient was nearly full. He then placed a stopper at its top to prevent the potion from spilling and headed towards the professor's desk. As the teacher seemed busy, he silently waited for him to acknowledge his presence so that he could hand over the phial.

'3. Wave your wand over the mixture, and leave the Valerian to brew in the Lethe water for 95 minutes.' Kim said to herself while looking at the board. She took her wand from her robe and waved it above the cauldron. She, then, left it untouched for exactly 95 minutes.

'4. Add two measures of the standard ingredient and four mistletoe berries to a pestle and mortar. Grind into a medium-fine powder.; She examined it carefully. When her 95 minutes are almost done, she prepared the next ingredient that is needed on the potion. She grind them into the perfect finery and checked on the watch. The time came for her to pour it in the mixture. Suddenly, she somewhat saw the color of the potion she is making.

Kim scanned her book to see what the next step would be. '5. Add two pinches of this powder to the cauldron, and stir five times anti-clockwise to blend the ingredients.' She took the necessary ingredient and the perfect amount of it, put it in the mixture and stirred as instructed. She saw at once that the ingredients she had put a while back can't be seen in the mixture. It was just like a mixture without too much ingredients on it. Finally, she arrived at the last step: to wave her wand over the cauldron and decant it into the crystal phial. Realizing that the final step was the easiest thing to do, yet the most critical, Kim carefully followed the instructions and personally gave the phial to the professor.

James was happily glancing at once the four remaining students, Wade, James, Isabella, and Kim. Right away, James got up and handed him the phial. James spoke, "Thank you, um." he said searching through his papers, then finally saying, "Mr. Riddle." James said confused. He paused/ "All right, you may go." as he directed him to the door still with a confused face. Riddle? James thought. Hasn't heard that name in a while.

A few minutes later, Kim got up and handed him the phial, and James took the phial and directed her to leave. There were now just two students struggling to do their potion.

[OOC:I think Wade is done, because he hasn't even started! And the lesson is coming to an end. And Isabella just started! Wade hasn't been online since Friday, so.. yeah.]

James got a bit inpatient of the remaining students, since one hasn't even started and the other just started. He said, "All right. Both of you, Wade and Isabella, lesson's over, you have not brewed the potion. I won't count it against you. If, you do the homework." James directed them both out and they went.

OKAY.

Lesson's over. Do your homework!!

Below is the grading for the potion.


Gryffindor
Dennis Diggie- Absent
Joy Detora- Absent
Keith Parker- Poor



Hufflepuff
Kennedy Rivet- Excused Absence



Ravenclaw
James Riddle- Outstanding
Aurora Finnigan- Outsanding
Chloe Woods- Exceeds Expectations



Slytherin
Lucy Malfoy- Absent
Kim Frey- Acceptable
Isabella Lestrange- Excused
Wade Malfoy- Excused